Criminal Probe of Apple Options Is Ended

Justice Department
Declines to File Charges
Related to Backdating

By

Justin Scheck and

Nick Wingfield

Updated July 10, 2008 12:01 a.m. ET

The Justice Department has ended its criminal investigation of backdated stock options at Apple Inc., deciding not to bring charges against the company or several current and former executives it had been probing for two years, people familiar with the case said.

A spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney's office in San Francisco, which was handling...